Solar Dynamics Observator (SDO) Research Mission By NASA

NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center managed the payload integration and launch. The SDO launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, utilizing an Atlas V-401 rocket with a RD-180 powered Common Core Booster, which has been developed to meet the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program requirements.
• Attempts
Attempt - Planned - Result - Turnaround - Reason - Decision point - Weather go (%) - Notes
1 - 10 Feb 2010, 3:26:00 pm - Scrubbed - n/a - Weather (high winds) - 10 Feb 2010, 4:26 pm(T-3:59, immediately after T-4:00 hold) - 40% - window 10:26 to 11:26a EST, attempts made at 10:26, 10:56 and 11:26